Del Roy Fletcher

Del Roy Fletcher is a Professor of Labour Market Studies at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University. He holds a BSc (Hons) and MSoc Sc, with expertise in welfare reform, social policy, and offender employment interventions. His work focuses on labour market disadvantage, severe multiple disadvantage, and evaluations of social service programs like the West Yorkshire Finding Independence Project.

Research Interests:
• Worklessness and Labour Market Disadvantage
• Impact of Welfare Reforms on Marginalized Groups
• Offender Employment Interventions
• Peer Support in Custodial Settings
• Homelessness and Substance Misuse
• Social Marginality and Policy Responses

• Directed evaluations of national programs including the Working Neighbourhoods Pilot and New Deal Innovation Fund
• Co-Investigator on ESRC studies exploring welfare conditionality ethics
• Authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, including critiques of punitive welfare systems and workfare implementation

Recent projects include evaluating the Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service's Work and Health Scheme, which targets health-impaired workers in SMEs, and advising on peer mentoring in HMP Risley.

He has supervised three PhD students, including studies on carceral-assistential nets, survival sex work, and welfare-to-warfare transitions. His work emphasizes systemic inequities and the intersection of social policy with marginalized populations.